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SB20 Nationals to be hotly contested event

The Australian SB20 fleet returns to the River Derwent this weekend to contest the 2018 Australian Championship. The Derwent Sailing Squadron will host the three-day regatta, sponsored by Performance Automobiles Subaru, which is shaping up to be a hotly contested event. This event comes after a spectacularly successful 2018 SB20 World Championship held earlier this […]

Entry Now Open

Entry is now open for the 2018 SB20 Australian Championship to be held on the River Derwent Friday 30 November to Sunday 02 December.

Wild day for River Derwent sailing

A near galeforce sou’-wester came roaring up the River Derwent at more than 30 knots this afternoon, playing havoc with the Combined Clubs Summer Pennant race, with a man overboard (MOB) situation, a dismasting and other gear damage that forced five yachts to retire.

New Course and Instructor for SailTrain

We are excited to announce our two newest additions to SailTrain the Australian Sailing Start Crewing Course and Tasmanian Female Sailor of the Year Jo Breen who will be taking this small group (3 people) course on an Athena Sailing SB20. Let us help you on your first step in the Australian Sailing Keelboat Pathway today. This all womens course will teach boat […]

Isle of Caves double to Philosopher

Judging by her double win overnight in the Isle of Caves race. Shaun Tiedemann’s Philosopher is already showing the right form to successfully defend her Australian Yachting Championship IRC division title on Melbourne’s Port Phillip next January.

Mem-orable day for Paul and Michelle Boutchard

Derwent Sailing Squadron members Paul Boutchard and his wife Michelle today returned to yacht racing on the River Derwent in their J35 Mem after a break of more than a year, and scored four Division 1 wins.

Alive Yachting joins 74th Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet

Tasmania now has two boats in the fleet for the 74th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with Alive this week joining Black Sheep as entries for the Boxing Day ocean classic pass 70, including five 100-footers. Alive is a powerful Reichel Pugh 66, owned by South-East Asia-based, Derwent Sailing Squadron member Philip Turner and skippered […]

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Huge combined effort produces IRC certificates

A total of more than 50 Tasmanian yachts now have IRC certificates, near 30 for the first time, thanks to the combined efforts of Tasmanian IRC measurer Fred Barrett, Australian Sailing and the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) in the UK.